MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge – 2015 – 396 Pages.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about this informative new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
deals with
issues
relevant to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
The latest
advances in
elearning technology are empowering
students
in nations all aver the world
to take part in online courses.
These online MOOC courses are
free
but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
issues that
learning technology organizations
are having to consider
in 2015 because elearning technology is
improving so rapidly.
How can educators
certify that
the teaching provided by these
massively open online courses is
tolerable?
How can we
guarantee that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach massively open online courses?
What different strategies are being used by
institutions like
Syria to conduct these massively open online courses?
What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today?
How can teachers
deal with the issues of
poor
motivation and high
dropout rates?
As distance learning technology becomes more
available there is a
demand
to understand how
these MOOC classes are being conducted.
Students
and many other
participants
need
to gain more knowledge about
these
important new open education
experiments.
Academics want
to better understand how
these MOOC classes
can be enhanced.
In response to this
growing
desire for
knowledge
the inspiring new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these massive open online courses and other open educational topics.
This book
also considers the
controversies associated with
MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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